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Interview #45: Twitter: TOM Writing and Editing Process, Entry #68

Brandon Sanderson (14 August 2010)

What am I doing? I’m most certainly NOT adding two more quick scenes to Towers of Midnight . Why do you ask? (Hides under his bed, keeps typing.)

BRANDON SANDERSON

Okay, completely rewrote a section of a climactic scene that I wasn’t satisfied with, and two new scenes added to enhance it. Much better.

BRANDON SANDERSON

Hope Team Jordan doesn’t kill me for adding this so late. Note, none of these were added ‘just because.’ I really felt the book needed them.

BRANDON SANDERSON

Ha! Just looked at the new Beta reader file, and it includes a suggestion for a new scene…doing exactly what I just added on my own today.

BRANDON SANDERSON

Okay, new scenes are looking good.

AUSTIN MOORE

So what do the beta readers do? Are they pretty much editors like Harriet and look to see how book flows or what?

BRANDON SANDERSON

Betas are like a test audience. Like the kind you’d pre-screen a movie for before releasing it.

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